Marta Fuchs
Marta Fuchs ( born January 1, 1898 in Stuttgart, † September 22, 1974 in Stuttgart- Sonnenberg ) in 1923 was a concert artist and opera singer in 1928 in Aachen.
In 1930 she transferred to the State Opera in Dresden. After retraining from Old to high dramatic soprano she sang the Marschallin, Isolde, Brünnhilde, Arabella and Fidelio. A part of your old games they retained even after their change of subject for dramatic soprano.
In the years 1933 to 1942 she was the focus of the Bayreuth Festival, where they were celebrated as Isolde, Kundry, and especially as Brünnhilde. On 20 February 1935 she took over the role of Mary Tudor in the premiere of Rudolf Wagner- Regeny 's " The Minion ". The Nazi regime, however, she stood over distances. Legendary is her conversation with Hitler in 1936: " Herr Hitler, make them 'e' war!" On Hitler negative protestations fox replied: "I trust ' ihne ' not '. In May 1939, Hitler Marta Fuchs asked at a reception: "Well, I 'e made war? " Marta Fuchs said only: "I trust ' ihne ' still not ".
In 1941 she sang Fidelio Leonore at the Rome Opera.
Guest performances she gave in Bayreuth (eg Kundry in Parsifal 1938 ), Amsterdam, Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna and Salzburg. In 1935, she sang The silent woman in the world premiere. In 1945, she returned to Stuttgart and 1952 was her withdrawal from the stage.